An offering table set up for the Hungry Ghost Festival in front of a National Day banner featuring Jalan Besar GRC MPs has drawn criticism online, with some netizens calling the location «inappropriate».Photos shared in the Umbrage Singapore Facebook group on Saturday (Aug 15) showed the altar outside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown at about 2pm.In the photos, several worshippers were seen gathered around the altar, which had been placed directly in front of a National Day billboard bearing the portraits of Jalan Besar MPs Wan Rizal, Josephine Teo, Denise Phua Lay Peng and Shawn Loh.During the Hungry Ghost Festival in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, many Chinese burn incense and make offerings such as food, candles, joss paper and paper effigies to honour their ancestors and appease wandering spirits.Other photos circulating online showed members of the public kneeling in prayer before the altar, which appeared to have been assembled using makeshift tables draped with red cloth.

A fountain pen once owned by Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has sold for a staggering $461,500 after attracting 111 bids from around the world.The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 was sold by Singapore auction house Hotlotz on Sunday (Aug 16). According to Hotlotz's press statement that day, the final price was nearly 10 times the auction house's initial estimate of between $30,000 and $50,000.The pen was listed as Lot 51 in Hotlotz's Interiors & Collectibles — August, Fine Art Focus auction, which featured works and collectibles from Singaporean artists and notable figures.The sterling silver fountain pen has yellow-toned metal highlights, an 18K gold nib and is engraved with «SM Lee Kuan Yew» on its cap.It measures 14.5cm long and is marked «925» for sterling silver.

A person was taken to the hospital after an incident at Jurong West Swimming Complex on Saturday (Aug 15).Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that it received a call for assistance on Aug 15 at around 5:25pm at 20 Jurong West Street 93, where the swimming complex is located. The SCDF added that a person was taken to National University Hospital (NUH).A Sport Singapore spokesperson also told AsiaOne that an incident occurred at the ActiveSG Jurong West Swimming Complex on Aug 15.«Our lifeguards and staff promptly attended to the individual, in accordance with our emergency response protocols,» said the spokesperson.The spokesperson added that the individual was conscious when taken to NUH and is currently under observation.[[nid:742562]]laili.abdeen@asiaone.com 

When voters in Florida go to the polls tomorrow to vote in the Democratic Party primary elections, a number of candidates with Jamaican roots are hoping they will come out victorious and go on to the general election on November 3. Among those hoping voters will give them a win are Jamaica-born Dale Holness and Kaysia Earley, who has Jamaican roots. Holness is running in Congressional District 20, while Earley is running in Congressional District 22.

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The Gleaner headline of Friday, August 17, 1951, was ominous: “Hurricane may hit Jamaica today: Bad weather from noon, Crisis in evening.” It was not a sensational prediction. By the time it was over, more than 150 people had died, many thousands were left homeless, including an estimated 9,000 in the Corporate Area alone, and the trail of destruction included catastrophic infrastructure and business losses that dealt a severe blow to the economy.

Jamaica will have to change its laws and policies to address the perennial problem of patients remaining in public hospitals long after they are medically discharged, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has warned. Tufton, who has raised concerns about the number of social cases at hospitals across the island on numerous occasions in recent years, reiterated yesterday that the situation is consuming scarce beds and resources needed by acutely ill patients.

The government has made an improved offer on key components of the 28-point claim from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), which will be placed before delegates for a decision early this week. Mark Malabver, president of the JTA, told The Gleaner that the government has responded to what he termed “some deal breakers”, and the delegates will decide on them at the association’s 62nd annual conference, which begins in Kingston today.

A Ukrainian ‘Hornet’ drone has killed two civilians traveling by car in Russia’s Kherson Region, Governor Vladimir Saldo has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

Laurent Braillard said that he counted the equivalent of 106 battalions across 85 units

The newspaper noted that Tehran believes that the memorandum signed was likely just an attempt by the US and Israel to take pressure off the global economy and buy time for a bigger attack down the road

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has the cheek to lecture Russia about 'hurting Japanese feelings,' while Tokyo has the blood of Russian civilians on its hands by supporting the Kiev regime, the news outlet said

The Prime Minister must soon choose whether or not to approve production from a large untapped oil field west of Shetland, as a public consultation on Rosebank closes today.

Vast quantities of retatrutide, potentially the most powerful weight loss medication ever developed, are being flogged online despite concerns over its safety.

In one offence, Stefka Gishanova, 55, took £1,900 cash a pensioner had withdrawn to spend on family Christmas presents.

James Worthington had lodged a string of complaints against planning applications linked to the Beckhams' home, accusing the couple of turning the countryside into 'Miami or Florida'.

Erasto Crisanto Valdez disappeared in July while fishing with his father in a cenote, a natural sinkhole, in San Francisco La Paz, Mexico.

One-year-old grizzly bear Fitz escaped his enclosure at the Calgary Zoo Sunday morning. The zoo says the bear was safely returned to his enclosure.

The president cited the cost of the drills and said he did not want to send a signal that is «totally inappropriate and hostile» to North Korea. He also criticized South Korea for not helping him on Iran.

According to the authorities, 160 firefighters and 54 pieces of equipment have been deployed to fight the fire

Akhmat Special Forces Commander Lieutenant General Apty Alaudinov opined that the West is preparing for a future conflict with Russia

The battlegroup East’s assault troops were located a few dozen meters from the Ukrainian fighters attempting to flee and were covertly monitoring their movements

An opposition MP has launched a blistering attack on politicians who flew to Morocco for the Scorchers’ WAFCON campaign, accusing them of shamelessly trying to bask in glory they had no hand in creating. Malawi Congress Party MP Vitumbiko Mumba didn’t hold back in a fiery Facebook post, admitting he felt a sense of unease […] The post MP Mumba criticises political figures, including UTM’s Kabambe, over WAFCON final trip appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

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Member of the Freedom Alliance national conservative party Armando Mema pointed out that the Finnish leader has repeatedly made political decisions aimed at pleasing American diplomats

Reports indicate that one civilian was killed and ten were injured, including a child

The main challenge for countries in the Arabian Peninsula is the enormous gap between the cost of attack weapons and interceptors, experts of the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade said